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Running a PIII
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: vidmouse on April 13, 2007, 09:56:13 pm ---Darn. Just read the mobo users manual and can't upgrade the processor like I thought... only goes to 333Mhz on a slot 1. Don't know if anyone else ignored this and ever tried a PIII? The mobo is a QDI Legend-V
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Check on the mobo manufacturers site for a bios upgrade that might allow faster processors. There were also slot adapters that used faster processors, but don't know how easy they will be to find now.
vidmouse:
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately here's all I could find, it
doesn't sound like much of a speed increase (going Celeron
even at a faster speed) and definitely no mention of going
to a PIII in there...
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/support/d_lx5.htm
Tiger-Heli:
Then again, you will likely have a hard time finding a slot 1 Pentium III even if the BIOS did support it.
You have roughly three options:
1) Stay with an older version of MAME.
2) Find something along the lines of a used 1Ghz-1.5Ghz machine (should be under $100, and that's being generous.
3) Buy a new motherboard, CPU, and memory - You can put together a very capable MAME system for around $200.
gonzo90017:
If you feel a little daring I suggest you try out CPUFSB http://www.cpufsb.de/index.html with that you i'm sure you can bump your processor up to 400mhz. I would also suggest using Raine32 for the games it supports. It can be run from a command line just by putting -n before loading the rom. This tells it not to load the gui. By not loading the gui Esc exits the emulator.
You should give it a try you'll be suprised at the speed increase! I posted my raine.ini from mamewah in case you want to give it a try. (renamed to .txt for posting)
shorthair:
vidmouse: RGB sharp is a scanline effect. In the ini, the effect is 'sharp'. (What's interesting is that in later versions - not sure, but perhaps after .89 or so - you don't have to switch on 'scanlines', you just have to select the effect, and it'll enable it.) I'd forgotten that effects can take up a considerable amount of processing power, so not using RGB sharp, I can go up to at least .69 on the 64mb ATI card.
I was always unhappy with scanlines as a kid, especially when games like Crystal Castles, Bubbles, Congo Bongo, etc came out. (I remember asking somebody about the lines, but don't think it was the right person; should've asked my dad.) So, not being able to use 'sharp' means it's a slight fuzzy, but there's no 'mask' in the way of the graphics. As this is a secondary (or tertiary) computer, I just wanted to get it game-ready, and then see what else I could do. Doing all that DOS stuff and what-have-you is a bit more than I'm interested in, but I thought I'd ask.